Soft Studio Modern Pet Portrait

A modern pet portrait in the Soft Studio style takes one photo of your dog, cat, horse or rabbit and sets them against a calm, pale ground with their name above. No costume, no props, no busy background — just your animal, painted carefully, with room to breathe.

What makes a modern pet portrait different

Most pet art tries to do something to your pet. It dresses them up, or drops them into a scene. This does the opposite. The colour behind them is deliberately quiet, a soft blue-grey that flatters almost every coat, and the detail goes where it matters: the set of the ears, the markings around the eyes, the exact shade of the nose.

That restraint is why a modern pet portrait hangs well in rooms that are already busy. A hallway, a home office, a nursery, or a gallery wall where a louder piece would fight everything around it. People choose this style when they want the portrait to feel like part of the room rather than the focal point of it.

The name sits above in a light lettered script. One pet, two, three or more — the layout adjusts, and each name is set the way you write it. Nicknames absolutely count.

How your modern pet portrait is made

• Send one clear photo. Taken at their eye level, in daylight, with their face unobstructed. A phone photo is fine. If it will not reproduce well we ask for another before any work begins, at no cost — see the photo guide.
• We make your proof. Every portrait is refined by a person. It arrives by email within 1–3 working days.
• You approve it. Change anything you like, as many times as you like. Nothing prints until you say so, and revisions are free.
• It ships free and tracked, ready to hang.

Sizes, framing and finish

Four sizes, from 8×12 for a desk or shelf to 24×36 above a sofa. Every size uses the same artwork, so nothing gets cropped at the edges — the composition is built once and scales cleanly.

Choose a framed print, ready to hang in real pine with shatterproof plexiglass, in white, black, natural wood or dark wood. Or take it on slim 2cm stretched canvas with no glass at all. There is also a digital download if you would rather print it yourself or send it as a gift the same day.

Framed suits a present, because it looks finished the moment the box is opened. Canvas suits a wall that already has a lot going on. Both use identical artwork, so the choice is about the room, not the portrait.

Something in a similar mood? The rest of the modern collection shares the same restraint in different palettes.

Questions about this portrait

Will a modern pet portrait still look like my pet?
Yes. Simplifying the background does not mean simplifying the animal. Markings, ear shape and expression are exactly what gets kept, and you see a proof before anything prints.

Can you do more than one pet in one modern pet portrait?
Yes. Choose two, three or more pets at the first question and give us each of their names. They appear together in a single piece, with the names set above.

Does this work for cats, horses and rabbits too?
It does. The soft ground was chosen because it flatters white, ginger, grey and black coats equally, and it works as well for a horse’s long face as a rabbit’s round one.

How long does delivery take?
After you approve the proof, roughly 4–6 days for framed prints and 5–6 days for canvas. Shipping is free and tracked on every order.

A share of every month’s orders goes back to rescued animals.